Achilles
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In the year 2462 The Human race has left earth's war torn remains, its people separated by war, each side scattering itself across a different area of the universe. With the revolutionary technology created by the long dead CEO of the company Exco in the year 2014, the human race has made even the most barren and deadly planets inhabitable, made almost all injuries treatable, and doubled the average lifespan of a normal human. With the people scattered across many planets, not one planet is truly safe. Either threatened by nearby humans or by the old inhabitants of the planet. Roki is grounded on the worst of them all; the planet Achilles, named after the almost unbeatable soldier of mythology. But Achilles is not unbeatable. It faces the onslaught of neighbouring humans, while the constant threat of the native species, Named the Trojans by the first settlers. All Roki has ever wanted to do was escape. Escape the living hell that is Achilles.
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